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🎵 1994 – I SWEAR / All-4-One
🎵 1984 – THE REFLEX / Duran Duran
🎵 1974 – SUNDOWN / Gordon Lightfoot
🎵 1964 – A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE / Peter and Gordon
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Welcome to another #1 Songs On This Date!
As you may know, a permanent archive is being built at HouseoftheHits.com which will ultimately feature ALL 837 different number one singles as listed in 2,080 weekly national music charts published by Billboard® within that 40-year timeframe.
272 distinct number one singles from the years 1956 through 1995 have now been presented since January 6th of 2016. The remaining titles will be following through this year and into 2017, when the project will be completed.
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Fortunately, HouseoftheHits has every one of those charts – plus secondary data – as published in the essential Joel Whitburn’s Record Research series (CD-ROM and eBook edition formats).
Everything is stored digitally on a HouseoftheHits computer – as are all 837 number one singles (in high-quality audio) from the music vault.
With the availability of precise data and the HOTH song files – together with some amazing technology – approximately 600 – 700 of those Billboard® chart-toppers will be presented this year – with the remainder to follow in early 2017.
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As the archive grows you will have continual free access to the accumulating repository, indexed by Decade, Month and Year. Plus, EVERY Title and Artist will be (blue) hyper-linked for smooth, easy navigation from song to song – with more great features to be added along the way.
Again, it will contain every #1 single in America, plus interesting commentary about each song (written by yours truly) and presented with a crystal clear High-Definition audio version of the complete original hit to instantly play as often as you wish.
The ever-expanding library is found HERE and you can bookmark this link for future instant access.
Enjoy!
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#1 / June 29th, 1994
I SWEAR
All-4-One
[1994]
Number One: 11 weeks
Replaced: THE SIGN / Ace Of Base
Succeeded: STAY (I Missed You) / Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
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1994 was a strange year in the annals of the Billboard Hot 100 music charts in that only 9 songs held the #1 spot, setting the Top 40/pop music era record for fewest top-shelf singles.
A big part of the reason for the scarcity of chart-toppers in ’94 was the absolute domination of just two songs.
The biggest hit of that year, I’ll Make Love You from Philadelphia R&B-ers Boy II Men, controlled the top spot for an astounding 14 weeks in the late summer and fall of ’94.
That was preceded by the pole sitter on this date, I Swear, by the L.A.-based interracial male vocal group All-4-One with their own 11-week domination.
Do the math. That’s 25 weeks – and just a single week short of two songs having spent exactly half the year at #1.
Further mind-boggling is the former stayed inside the Top Ten for 22 weeks, with the latter there continuously for a mere 18. Again, mathematically, the pair resided at or near the top for 40 weeks combined!
All-4-One’s I Swear was a cover version of a country recording originally done by John Michael Montgomery earlier in 1994. That single, from his album Kickin It Up, reached #42 on the Billboard Hot 100
[Trivia Bits] When I Swear first hit #1 on May 21st, All-4-One were playing gigs at Disneyland.
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#1 / June 29th, 1984
THE REFLEX
Duran Duran
[1984]
(Single Version)
Number One: 2 weeks
Replaced: TIME AFTER TIME / Cyndi Lauper
Succeeded by: WHEN DOVES CRY / Prince
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[Trivia Bits]
Other #1 Singles by Duran Duran(2)
• 1985 / A VIEW TO A KILL
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#1 / June 29th, 1974
SUNDOWN
Gordon Lightfoot
[1974]
Number One: 1 week
Replaced: BILLY, DON’T BE A HERO / Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
Succeeded by: ROCK THE BOAT / Hues Corporation
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#1 / June 29th, 1964
A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE
Peter and Gordon
[1964]
(Single Version)
Number One: 1 week
Replaced: CHAPEL OF LOVE / The Dixie Cups
Succeeded by: I GET AROUND / Beach Boys
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CREDITS
Produced & Written By: Rick Murray Hunter / HouseoftheHits.com
Songs Source: The Music Vault of HouseoftheHits Inc.
Billboard® Chart Data: Joel Whitburn’s Record Research (eBook Editions)
References:
• The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits (5th Edition) by Fred Bronson
• The Billboard Book Of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits by Adam White and Fred Bronson
• The Billboard Book Of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits by Wesley Hyatt
• The Billboard Book Of Number One Albums by Craig Rosen
• The Billboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hits (4th Edition) by Fred Bronson
• 1000 UK Chart Hits (Kindle Edition) by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh
• The Archives of RollingStone.com
Record Sleeve & Label Graphics: Courtesy of 45cat.com
Special thanks to the patio of Starbucks, Little Road in New Port Richey, FL 😎
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